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Originally posted by duckznutz
ART . . interesting journal. My sister learned German and then went to Germany to live for 6 months when she was a student many years ago. She told me that after a while speaking German constantly she began to dream in German. I find this fascinating. If you want to find a new soul . . learn a new language.
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But maybe it doesn't matter. . . . just because a chinese person 'thinks differently' from an English speaking person . . it may be of no consequence . . maybe we all reach the same conclusions regardless . . like typing a letter on an Apple Mac or a PC . . it still ends up as a letter.
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1) Your sister is correct. I've learned English at an early age, when my native language is Dutch. I look at English TV shows, read English web sites, and even write an English online journal... I often think in English, and occasionally dream in it too. Quite natural, really.
2) The Chinese... I heard (on a TV show once) that they think different to us a,b,c guys. They think more in pictures than in sounds/words, or something like that. They're also more interested in feelings and such accompanying words than we are - hence the oriental guys painting "words" you sometimes see; it's not really the message that matters, but the attention to detail - *how* you say it, basically.
3) What is "culture" anyway? Is art culture? Is movies/music culture? Are ads culture, or are people looking at or ignoring those ads being cultural? Do ads shape our culture, or does our culture shape the ads, or more likely, is it a two-way thing?
4) FYI, in my "culture", it is normal to be a beer-drinking football/soccer fan. I do not drink beer (EW!), and HATE sports. I could be described as a computer nerd, but don't like to spend all my time programming computers. I might be an intelectual guy, but occasionally prefer to turn off my brain and just experience the world. I'm a mystery wrapped in an enigma, yet like to talk about myself and my feelings... How do I fit in? Do I even want to fit in??? After all, I like to stay at home with my cat and computer; people are nice to talk to, but always end up boring me in the end.